<vn='1'>But <sn="4428">king</s><sn="8010">Solomon</s><sn="157">loved</s><sn="7227">many</s><sn="5237">strange</s><sn="802">women</s>, together <sn="854">with</s> the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="6547">Pharaoh</s>, women of the <sn="4125">Moabites</s>, <sn="5984">Ammonites</s>, <sn="130">Edomites</s>, <sn="6722">Zidonians</s>, and <sn="2850">Hittites</s>; </v>
<vn='2'><sn="4480">Of</s> the <sn="1471">nations</s> concerning <sn="834">which</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, Ye shall <sn="3808">not</s> go <sn="935">in</s> to them, <sn="3808">neither</s> shall <sn="1992">they</s> come <sn="935">in</s> unto you: for <sn="403">surely</s> they will turn <sn="5186">away</s><sn="*853"></s> your <sn="3824">heart</s><sn="310">after</s> their <sn="430">gods</s>: <sn="8010">Solomon</s><sn="1692">cleaved</s> unto these in <sn="157">love</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And he <sn="1961">had</s><sn="7651">seven</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="802">wives</s>, <sn="8282">princesses</s>, and <sn="7969">three</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="6370">concubines</s>: and his <sn="802">wives</s> turned <sn="5186">away</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="3820">heart</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>For it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, <sn="6256">when</s><sn="8010">Solomon</s> was <sn="2209">old</s>, that his <sn="802">wives</s> turned <sn="5186">away</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="3824">heart</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="312">other</s><sn="430">gods</s>: and his <sn="3824">heart</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="8003">perfect</s><sn="5973">with</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> his <sn="430">God</s>, as was the <sn="3824">heart</s> of <sn="1732">David</s> his <sn="1">father</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>For <sn="8010">Solomon</s><sn="1980">went</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="6253">Ashtoreth</s> the <sn="430">goddess</s> of the <sn="6722">Zidonians</s>, and <sn="310">after</s><sn="4445">Milcom</s> the <sn="8251">abomination</s> of the <sn="5984">Ammonites</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And <sn="8010">Solomon</s><sn="6213">did</s><sn="7451">evil</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and went not <sn="3808 4390">fully</s><sn="310">after</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, as did <sn="1732">David</s> his <sn="1">father</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="227">Then</s> did <sn="8010">Solomon</s><sn="1129">build</s> a high <sn="1116">place</s> for <sn="3645">Chemosh</s>, the <sn="8251">abomination</s> of <sn="4124">Moab</s>, in the <sn="2022">hill</s><sn="834">that</s> is <sn="5921 6440">before</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, and for <sn="4432">Molech</s>, the <sn="8251">abomination</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And <sn="3651">likewise</s><sn="6213">did</s> he for <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="5237">strange</s><sn="802">wives</s>, which burnt <sn="6999">incense</s> and <sn="2076">sacrificed</s> unto their <sn="430">gods</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s> was <sn="599">angry</s> with <sn="8010">Solomon</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> his <sn="3824">heart</s> was <sn="5186">turned</s><sn="4480 5973">from</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, which had <sn="7200">appeared</s><sn="413">unto</s> him <sn="6471">twice</s>, </v>
<vn='10'>And had <sn="6680 413">commanded</s> him <sn="5921">concerning</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">thing</s>, that he should <sn="1115">not</s><sn="1980">go</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="312">other</s><sn="430">gods</s>: but he <sn="8104">kept</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="*853"></s> that <sn="834">which</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="6680">commanded</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>Wherefore the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s> unto <sn="8010">Solomon</s>, <sn="3282">Forasmuch</s><sn="834">as</s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="1961">is</s> done <sn="5973">of</s> thee, and thou hast <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8104">kept</s> my <sn="1285">covenant</s> and my <sn="2708">statutes</s>, <sn="834">which</s> I have <sn="6680 5921">commanded</s> thee, I will surely <sn="7167 7167">rend</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4467">kingdom</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s> thee, and will <sn="5414">give</s> it to thy <sn="5650">servant</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="389">Notwithstanding</s> in thy <sn="3117">days</s> I will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6213">do</s> it for David thy father's <sn="4616 1732 1">sake</s>: but I will <sn="7167">rend</s> it out of the <sn="4480 3027">hand</s> of thy <sn="1121">son</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="7535">Howbeit</s> I will <sn="3808">not</s> rend <sn="7167">away</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4467">kingdom</s>; but will <sn="5414">give</s><sn="259">one</s><sn="7626">tribe</s> to thy <sn="1121">son</s> for David my servant's <sn="4616 1732 5650">sake</s>, and for Jerusalem's <sn="4616 3389">sake</s><sn="834">which</s> I have <sn="977">chosen</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s> stirred <sn="6965">up</s> an <sn="7854">adversary</s> unto <sn="8010">Solomon</s>, <sn="*853"></s><sn="1908">Hadad</s> the <sn="130">Edomite</s>: <sn="1931">he</s> was of the king's <sn="4480 2233 4428">seed</s> in <sn="123">Edom</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>For it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, when <sn="1732">David</s><sn="1961">was</s> in <sn="*853"></s><sn="123">Edom</s>, and <sn="3097">Joab</s> the <sn="8269">captain</s> of the <sn="6635">host</s> was gone <sn="5927">up</s> to <sn="6912">bury</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2491">slain</s>, after he had <sn="5221">smitten</s><sn="3605">every</s><sn="2145">male</s> in <sn="123">Edom</s>; </v>
<vn='16'>( <sn="3588">For</s><sn="8337">six</s><sn="2320">months</s> did <sn="3097">Joab</s><sn="3427">remain</s><sn="8033">there</s> with <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="5704">until</s> he had cut <sn="3772">off</s><sn="3605">every</s><sn="2145">male</s> in <sn="123">Edom</s>:) </v>
<vn='17'>That <sn="111">Hadad</s><sn="1272">fled</s>, <sn="1931">he</s> and <sn="376">certain</s><sn="129">Edomites</s> of his father's <sn="4480 5650 1">servants</s><sn="854">with</s> him, to <sn="935">go</s> into <sn="4714">Egypt</s>; <sn="1908">Hadad</s> being yet a <sn="6996">little</s><sn="5288">child</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And they <sn="6965">arose</s> out of <sn="4480 4080">Midian</s>, and <sn="935">came</s> to <sn="6290">Paran</s>: and they <sn="3947">took</s><sn="376">men</s><sn="5973">with</s> them out of <sn="4480 6290">Paran</s>, and they <sn="935">came</s> to <sn="4714">Egypt</s>, <sn="413">unto</s><sn="6547">Pharaoh</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s>; which <sn="5414">gave</s> him a <sn="1004">house</s>, and <sn="559">appointed</s> him <sn="3899">victuals</s>, and <sn="5414">gave</s> him <sn="776">land</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And <sn="1908">Hadad</s><sn="4672">found</s><sn="3966">great</s><sn="2580">favor</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of <sn="6547">Pharaoh</s>, so that he <sn="5414">gave</s> him to <sn="802">wife</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="269">sister</s> of his own <sn="802">wife</s>, the <sn="269">sister</s> of <sn="8472">Tahpenes</s> the <sn="1377">queen</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And the <sn="269">sister</s> of <sn="8472">Tahpenes</s><sn="3205">bore</s> him <sn="*853"></s><sn="1592">Genubath</s> his <sn="1121">son</s>, whom <sn="8472">Tahpenes</s><sn="1580">weaned</s><sn="8432">in</s><sn="6547">Pharaoh</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>: and <sn="1592">Genubath</s><sn="1961">was</s> in <sn="6547">Pharaoh</s> 's <sn="1004">household</s><sn="8432">among</s> the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="6547">Pharaoh</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And when <sn="1908">Hadad</s><sn="8085">heard</s> in <sn="4714">Egypt</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="1732">David</s><sn="7901">slept</s><sn="5973">with</s> his <sn="1">fathers</s>, and <sn="3588">that</s><sn="3097">Joab</s> the <sn="8269">captain</s> of the <sn="6635">host</s> was <sn="4191">dead</s>, <sn="1908">Hadad</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="6547">Pharaoh</s>, Let me <sn="7971">depart</s>, that I may <sn="1980">go</s><sn="413">to</s> mine own <sn="776">country</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>Then <sn="6547">Pharaoh</s><sn="559">said</s> unto him, <sn="3588">But</s><sn="4100">what</s> hast <sn="859">thou</s><sn="2638">lacked</s><sn="5973">with</s> me, that, <sn="2009">behold</s>, thou <sn="1245">seekest</s> to <sn="1980">go</s><sn="413">to</s> thine own <sn="776">country</s>? And he <sn="559">answered</s>, <sn="3808">Nothing</s>: <sn="3588">howbeit</s> let me go in any <sn="7971 7971">wise</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>And <sn="430">God</s> stirred him <sn="6965">up</s> another <sn="7854">adversary</s>, <sn="*853"></s><sn="7331">Rezon</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="450">Eliadah</s>, <sn="834">which</s><sn="1272">fled</s><sn="4480 854">from</s> his <sn="113">lord</s><sn="1909">Hadadezer</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="6678">Zobah</s>: </v>
<vn='24'>And he <sn="6908">gathered</s><sn="376">men</s><sn="5921">unto</s> him, and <sn="1961">became</s><sn="8269">captain</s> over a <sn="1416">band</s>, when <sn="1732">David</s><sn="2026">slew</s> them of Zobah: and they <sn="1980">went</s> to <sn="1834">Damascus</s>, and <sn="3427">dwelt</s> therein, and <sn="4427">reigned</s> in <sn="1834">Damascus</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>And he <sn="1961">was</s> an <sn="7854">adversary</s> to <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3117">days</s> of <sn="8010">Solomon</s>, <sn="854">beside</s> the <sn="7451">mischief</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="1908">Hadad</s> did: and he <sn="6973">abhorred</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, and <sn="4427">reigned</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="758">Syria</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>And <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5028">Nebat</s>, an <sn="673">Ephrathite</s><sn="4480">of</s><sn="6868">Zereda</s>, <sn="8010">Solomon</s> 's <sn="5650">servant</s>, whose <sn="517">mother</s> 's <sn="8034">name</s> was <sn="6871">Zeruah</s>, a <sn="490">widow</s><sn="802">woman</s>, even he lifted <sn="7311">up</s> his <sn="3027">hand</s> against the <sn="4428">king</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>And <sn="2088">this</s> was the <sn="1697">cause</s><sn="834">that</s> he lifted <sn="7311">up</s> his <sn="3027">hand</s> against the <sn="4428">king</s>: <sn="8010">Solomon</s><sn="1129">built</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="4407">Millo</s>, and <sn="5462">repaired</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6556">breaches</s> of the <sn="5892">city</s> of <sn="1732">David</s> his <sn="1">father</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>And the <sn="376">man</s><sn="3379">Jeroboam</s> was a <sn="1368">mighty</s> man of <sn="2428">valor</s>: and <sn="8010">Solomon</s><sn="7200">seeing</s><sn="*853"></s> the young <sn="5288">man</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="1931">he</s> was <sn="6213 4399">industrious</s>, he made him <sn="6485 *853">ruler</s> over <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5447">charge</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3130">Joseph</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> at <sn="1931">that</s><sn="6256">time</s> when <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s> went <sn="3318">out</s> of <sn="4480 3389">Jerusalem</s>, that the <sn="5030">prophet</s><sn="281">Ahijah</s> the <sn="7888">Shilonite</s><sn="4672">found</s> him in the <sn="1870">way</s>; and <sn="1931">he</s> had clad <sn="3680">himself</s> with a <sn="2319">new</s><sn="8008">garment</s>; and they <sn="8147">two</s> were <sn="905">alone</s> in the <sn="7704">field</s>: </v>
<vn='30'>And <sn="281">Ahijah</s><sn="8610">caught</s> the <sn="2319">new</s><sn="8008">garment</s><sn="834">that</s> was <sn="5921">on</s> him, and <sn="7167">rent</s> it in <sn="8147 6240">twelve</s><sn="7168">pieces</s>: </v>
<vn='31'>And he <sn="559">said</s> to <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s>, <sn="3947">Take</s> thee <sn="6235">ten</s><sn="7168">pieces</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, I will <sn="7167">rend</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4467">kingdom</s> out of the <sn="4480 3027">hand</s> of <sn="8010">Solomon</s>, and will <sn="5414">give</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="6235">ten</s><sn="7626">tribes</s> to thee: </v>
<vn='32'>(But he shall <sn="1961">have</s><sn="259">one</s><sn="7626">tribe</s> for my servant David's <sn="4616 1732 5650">sake</s>, and for Jerusalem's <sn="4616 3389">sake</s>, the <sn="5892">city</s><sn="834">which</s> I have <sn="977">chosen</s> out of <sn="4480 3605">all</s> the <sn="7626">tribes</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>:) </v>
<vn='33'><sn="3282">Because</s><sn="834">that</s> they have <sn="5800">forsaken</s> me, and have <sn="7812">worshiped</s><sn="6253">Ashtoreth</s> the <sn="430">goddess</s> of the <sn="6721">Zidonians</s>, <sn="3645">Chemosh</s> the <sn="430">god</s> of the <sn="4124">Moabites</s>, and <sn="4445">Milcom</s> the <sn="430">god</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s>, and have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1980">walked</s> in my <sn="1870">ways</s>, to <sn="6213">do</s> that which is <sn="3477">right</s> in mine <sn="5869">eyes</s>, and to keep my <sn="2708">statutes</s> and my <sn="4941">judgments</s>, as did <sn="1732">David</s> his <sn="1">father</s>. </v>
<vn='34'>Howbeit I will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3947">take</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3605">whole</s><sn="4467">kingdom</s> out of his <sn="4480 3027">hand</s>: <sn="3588">but</s> I will <sn="7896">make</s> him <sn="5387">prince</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3117">days</s> of his <sn="2416">life</s> for David my servant's <sn="4616 1732 5650">sake</s>, <sn="834 *853">whom</s> I <sn="977">chose</s>, <sn="834">because</s> he <sn="8104">kept</s> my <sn="4687">commandments</s> and my <sn="2708">statutes</s>: </v>
<vn='35'>But I will <sn="3947">take</s> the <sn="4410">kingdom</s> out of his son's <sn="4480 3027 1121">hand</s>, and will <sn="5414">give</s> it unto thee, even <sn="*853"></s><sn="6235">ten</s><sn="7626">tribes</s>. </v>
<vn='36'>And unto his <sn="1121">son</s> will I <sn="5414">give</s><sn="259">one</s><sn="7626">tribe</s>, <sn="4616">that</s><sn="1732">David</s> my <sn="5650">servant</s> may <sn="1961">have</s> a <sn="5216">light</s><sn="3605 3117">always</s><sn="6440">before</s> me in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, the <sn="5892">city</s><sn="834">which</s> I have <sn="977">chosen</s> me to <sn="7760">put</s> my <sn="8034">name</s><sn="8033">there</s>. </v>
<vn='37'>And I will <sn="3947">take</s> thee, and thou shalt <sn="4427">reign</s> according to <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> thy <sn="5315">soul</s><sn="183">desireth</s>, and shalt <sn="1961">be</s><sn="4428">king</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='38'>And it shall <sn="1961">be</s>, <sn="518">if</s> thou wilt hearken <sn="8085">unto</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> I <sn="6680">command</s> thee, and wilt <sn="1980">walk</s> in my <sn="1870">ways</s>, and <sn="6213">do</s> that is <sn="3477">right</s> in my <sn="5869">sight</s>, to <sn="8104">keep</s> my <sn="2708">statutes</s> and my <sn="4687">commandments</s>, <sn="834">as</s><sn="1732">David</s> my <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="6213">did</s>; that I will <sn="1961">be</s><sn="5973">with</s> thee, and <sn="1129">build</s> thee a <sn="539">sure</s><sn="1004">house</s>, <sn="834">as</s> I <sn="1129">built</s> for <sn="1732">David</s>, and will <sn="5414">give</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s> unto thee. </v>
<vn='39'>And I will <sn="4616">for</s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="6031">afflict</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2233">seed</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>, <sn="389">but</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="3605 3117">forever</s>. </v>
<vn='40'><sn="8010">Solomon</s><sn="1245">sought</s> therefore to <sn="4191">kill</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3379">Jeroboam</s>. And <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s><sn="6965">arose</s>, and <sn="1272">fled</s> into <sn="4714">Egypt</s>, <sn="413">unto</s><sn="7895">Shishak</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s>, and <sn="1961">was</s> in <sn="4714">Egypt</s><sn="5704">until</s> the <sn="4194">death</s> of <sn="8010">Solomon</s>. </v>
<vn='41'>And the <sn="3499">rest</s> of the <sn="1697">acts</s> of <sn="8010">Solomon</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> he <sn="6213">did</s>, and his <sn="2451">wisdom</s>, are <sn="1992">they</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="3789">written</s><sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="5612">book</s> of the <sn="1697">acts</s> of <sn="8010">Solomon</s>? </v>
<vn='42'>And the <sn="3117">time</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="8010">Solomon</s><sn="4427">reigned</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> was <sn="705">forty</s><sn="8141">years</s>. </v>
<vn='43'>And <sn="8010">Solomon</s><sn="7901">slept</s><sn="5973">with</s> his <sn="1">fathers</s>, and was <sn="6912">buried</s> in the <sn="5892">city</s> of <sn="1732">David</s> his <sn="1">father</s>: and <sn="7346">Rehoboam</s> his <sn="1121">son</s><sn="4427">reigned</s> in his <sn="8478">stead</s>. </v>